“Dancing with the Stars” season 12 returned for its two-hour premiere, with its 11 celebrities dancing their first steps on the dance floor.

First up was Disney star Chelsea Kane, partnered with two-time Mirror Ball trophy winner Mark Ballas. The two danced the foxtrot for Kane’s first boy-girl dance.

Kane and Ballas bounced through an energetic routine that earned them a solid score of 21 from the judges.

“You’re a young fresh couple, and I thought that routine had a lovely young, fresh appeal to it,” said lead judge Len Goodman. “Parts of it were like Peter, Paul and Mary, but then you suddenly turned into the Black Eyed Peas. That bit, I wasn’t a bit keen on.”

All three judges agreed that the young dancer showed potential, but still could improve in connecting her dance movements.

Next up, came talk show host Wendy Williams and partner Tony Dovolani.Who is your favorite dancer?Market ResearchKnown as a loud and boisterous character, Williams’ cha cha cha lacked energy, and basically, movement. While she didn’t cry during the performance — as she did during practice — her movements were timid and appeared very calculated.

“You need to do way more,” said Carrie Ann Inaba. “You need to unleash the beast.”

Williams said that she had been surprised to see that their practice video showed her crying — I had no idea that our piece was gonna play me getting upset!”

Apparently this was Williams introduction to reality television. The routine earned her 14 points.

Pittsburgh Steelers player Hines Ward and partner Kym Johnson followed with a much livelier and hip-swiveling cha cha cha.

Nemcova, who had broken her hips in four places when a tsunami hit Thailand in 2005, became emotional after hearing about the tsunami that hit Japan last week. Nemcova dedicated her foxtrot, which scored 18 points, to those in Japan.

“I would like you to work a little more on your posture,” said Goodman. “But well done.

“There was a moment of extreme beauty and sophistication,” said Bruno Tonioli. “But it’s not just enough doing one pretty thing and another pretty thing. It’s the middle that you have to sustain.”

Rapper Romeo and partner Chelsea Hightower danced a cha cha cha.

Romeo’s father, Master P, had also been a contestant on the show and was known for receiving lowest scores ever from the judges.

Luckily, host Tom Bergeron noted, that Romeo seemed to have inherited his dancing genes from his mother.

“You have sex appeal for days, I mean there was so much testosterone on the floor, it was like okay!” said Inaba. “I see tons of potential here.”

Goodman agreed that Romeo nailed the performance side, but had much to improve in technique.

Radio personality “Psycho” Mike Catherwood and partner Lacey Schwimmer next performed the foxtrot, earning them 1 points.

“Dancing is movement to music, you did move, and there was music, so we’re on the way here,” said Goodman. “But there was very little dance quality.”

Catherwood is this year’s “non-celebrity” among the “stars.” Perhaps because he seems to enjoy making fun of himself, the male judges were quick to criticize the radio host, who has admitted to not being a dancer.

“Thirteen is not high, but it’s better than my father Master P, so I figured I’ve done something to improve,” said Catherwood, after hearing his score.

Closing out the night were Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovksiy, who performed a fun and flirty cha cha cha.

“I think we’re just scratching at the surface of what we can do,” said Tonioli. “Your foot placement of the cha cha cha was the best of the night.”

They earned 23 points, earning them the second place spot.

All of the stars have another chance to stay in the competition, by performing another routine next Monday night.